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How did issues of race and gender impact the admission of western states into the union?

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Wyoming became a state And citizens were allowed their right to cast their vote including ladies who were numbered to be about 1200 were able to vote. . After three years, Colorado followed suite and ladies got the privilege to vote. A promise to ladies' rights was most well known in the West and their perspectives varied from whatever is left of the nation. Region around the Great Salt Lake in Utah was settled by Mormon families, making the turning into a state troublesome. At first, the President allowed the Mormons to sit unbothered and let Brigham Young fill in as representative. In any case, President Buchanan constrained Young out of office and designated non-Mormon senator. Buchanan did not concur with the Mormon routine with regards to plural marriage. The majority of the nation was shocked by the training. Issues of race deferred the confirmation of last three Western states. The majority of were Indian region, yet government opened the regions to white pilgrims Congress was not prepared to concede New Mexico as a state since they would not like to concede a self-representing state with a Mexican larger part.
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When it comes to race it usually delayed the admissions of the states into the Union. For example the states with majority population consisting of Mexicans and Native Americans were not allowed into the Union until the Congress opened those lands for white settlers. The issue of gender impacted the admissions less, the difference was in the level of commitment to the women's rights.
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